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Romney says he won’t release tax returns
The Hill ^ | 12/22/11 | Cameron Joseph

Posted on 12/22/2011 4:10:53 PM PST by ColdOne

Mitt Romney said he will not release his tax returns if he wins the Republican nomination for president, a rare move for a candidate.

When asked if he would, Romney, in an unaired segment of an interview with MSNBC’s Chuck Todd, said that he doesn’t “intend to” release the returns.

“I doubt it. I will provide all the financial info, which is an extraordinary pile of documents which show investments and so forth,” he said, according to video provided by NBC.

When Todd pointed out that Romney had asked Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) to release his returns during their 1994 race, Romney reiterated his remarks.

“Never say never but I don’t intend to do so,” he said.

President Obama’s campaign blasted Romney’s statement.

“By declaring that, if nominated, he would not release his income tax returns, Mitt Romney is defying a practice to which every party nominee, Republican and Democrat, has adhered for decades,” said Obama spokesman Ben LaBolt. “Even his father, George Romney, disclosed his tax returns when he ran for president in 1968. Why does Gov. Romney feel like he can play by a different set of rules? What is it that he doesn’t want the American people to

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cowardromney; iag4romney; notransparency; romney4romney; romneyunderskirts; secretromney
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1 posted on 12/22/2011 4:10:54 PM PST by ColdOne
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To: ColdOne

LOL. He doesn’t have to. Barry will do it for him.


2 posted on 12/22/2011 4:14:36 PM PST by lodi90
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To: ColdOne

Gee, there’s a surprise!


3 posted on 12/22/2011 4:15:12 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: ColdOne

How about college transcripts?

Passport files?


4 posted on 12/22/2011 4:15:12 PM PST by Principled
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To: ColdOne
Funny how nobody objected when obama refused to release any of his college or law school records.
5 posted on 12/22/2011 4:16:30 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: ColdOne

If Newt wouldn’t release his tax returns I bet Romney would be the first to run a TV to demonize him. Romney=Slime


6 posted on 12/22/2011 4:17:36 PM PST by vortigern
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To: hinckley buzzard

“Funny how nobody objected when obama refused to release any of his college or law school records.”

I guarantee you Romney would trade his tax returns for obama’s thesis and college records!


7 posted on 12/22/2011 4:20:13 PM PST by lodi90
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To: ColdOne

I would like to see Obama’s returns from 2004 thru present...........


8 posted on 12/22/2011 4:20:13 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (All I want for Christmas is a nickle bag of Myrrh and a pipe.........)
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To: ColdOne

I don’t think it’s anyone’s business what is in a private tax return. Financial disclosures per FEC should be required but beyond that is just nanny-state nosiness.


9 posted on 12/22/2011 4:22:08 PM PST by bigbob
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To: ColdOne
said Obama spokesman Ben LaBolt.

...well so glad that got straighten out, if anyone knows about disclosure it's Odumbo's people

10 posted on 12/22/2011 4:23:36 PM PST by Doogle (((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: ColdOne

Mitt Romney is not just a flip-flopper, he is the Chameleon Candidate. He radically changes almost all of his political positions whenever he runs in a different election. He refuses to answer direct questions about important national issues, saying that he doesn’t want to weigh in or he doesn’t think he should comment. For over a year he refused to do any Sunday TV talk show interviews. He’s turned down numerous offers to debate with the other candidates. He refuses to release his tax returns like almost every other presidential candidate has. He paid a lot of money to have all of his administration’s computer files destroyed when he left the Massachusetts governor’s office.

Why doesn’t Mitt Romney want to let the voters know who he is and what he stands for? Why is this Chameleon Candidate hiding in the shadows? Mitt Romney is like a box of chocolates. When you elect him, you never know what you’re gonna get.


11 posted on 12/22/2011 4:24:36 PM PST by JediJones (Newt-er Obama in 2012!)
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To: lodi90

Along with the Kenyan’s COLB.


12 posted on 12/22/2011 4:25:16 PM PST by Old Sarge (RIP FReeper Skyraider (1930-2011) - You Are Missed)
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To: lodi90

“..LOL. He doesn’t have to. Barry will do it for him...”

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Of course. And what does Mitt have to hide? Gee, look what the Repub Establishment did to Newt over a few mill. Of course it amounted to nothing - just something to try and demonize him (OBAMA CLASS WARFARE). And better yet, recall what Mitt said about Newt earning bucks as a consultant....talk about hypocrisy and that is what Mitt feels he needs to hide. This guy gets more liberal every day. If Mitt has done nothing illegal, what is he worried about other than opening up the title of “HYPOCRITE”??

I think the Iowa people are paying attention to this. Most are not hayseed hicks as the libs would like to call them. The vote will tell us an interesting story and we will see how many different colors Mitt can change.


13 posted on 12/22/2011 4:31:16 PM PST by EagleUSA
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To: ColdOne
“Never say never but I don’t intend to do so,” he said.

HEY, we have the opportunity to have another pres__ent!

Working in the shadow of the expert but STILL another pres__ent!

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14 posted on 12/22/2011 4:36:55 PM PST by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: hinckley buzzard
Funny how nobody objected when obama refused to release any of his college or law school records.

Thank you.


15 posted on 12/22/2011 4:36:55 PM PST by Iron Munro ("Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight he'll just kill you." John Steinbeck)
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To: ColdOne
Can you imagine how much insider trading Myth can do if he becomes President?
16 posted on 12/22/2011 4:37:12 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (FOREIGN AID: A transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries)
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To: ColdOne

The one reason people might vote for Mitt - TO SEE HIS TAX RETURNS!!!!!!!!

Dang - he’s good;( LOL!!


17 posted on 12/22/2011 4:38:34 PM PST by sodpoodle ( Newt - God has tested him for a reason..)
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To: ColdOne

He’s eventually going to have to release them. Do it now.


18 posted on 12/22/2011 4:40:31 PM PST by Brilliant
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To: hinckley buzzard
Funny how nobody objected when obama refused to release any of his college or law school records.

0bama is 50% black so HE gets a mulligan.

19 posted on 12/22/2011 4:42:35 PM PST by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: ColdOne

If I was the candidate, I wouldn’t release jack****. What’s good for Barry Soetoro is good enough for me. If the maggots want to see any documents, let them jump through the hoops the “birthers” have been jumping through. If the maggots living in this country want to look at some tax returns, they can look at their own. If they have any to look at. If they don’t, they can borrow some from their friends and neighbors.


20 posted on 12/22/2011 4:44:28 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Stop BIG Government Greed Now!!!!)
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